UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 


Mechanical  Engineering  Dept. 


AN  EXTENSION 

OF  THE 

Dewey  System  of  Indexing 

...FOR... 

Technical  Literature 

As  Arranged  for  the  Students  in  the  Mechanical 
Engineering  Department 


62 1 MECHANICAL  ENGINEERING. 

M.E.  .1  Steam  Engineering. 


.11  Mechanism  of  steam  engine.  Design  of  engine  parts. 

.111  Reciprocating  parts.  Design  of — counterbalancing. 

.112  Shafts  and  journals.  Bearings. 

.113  Fly  wheels.  Design  of;  construction  of. 

.114  Cylinder,  bed,  etc. 

.115  Governors. 

12  Marine  Engines  and  Ship  Propulsion. 

.13  Locomotive  Engines. 

.131  Railway  locomotives. 

.1311  Descriptions  of. 

.1312  Designs  of;  construction. 

.132  Light  locomotives — mining,  lumbering,  etc. 

.14  Traction  Engines  (agricultural,  road  rollers,  etc.) 

.15  Portable  Engines. 

.16  Stationary  Engines. 

.161  Plain  slide  valve. 

.162  Automatic  shaft  governor  engine. 

.1621  Descriptions  of. 

.1622  Designs  of. 

.163  Releasing  gear  engine  (Corliss,  etc.) 

.1631  Descriptions  of. 

.1632  Designs  of. 

.164  Multiple  expansion  engines. 

.1641  Descriptions  of. 

.1642  Designs  of. 

.165  Steam  turbines. 

.166  Rotary  engines. 

.167  Hoisting  engines,  hauling  engines,  steam  shovels,  dredge 
engines  and  other  special  types. 


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.17  Steam  Economy. 

.171  Instruments  and  apparatus  used  in  boiler  and  engine  tests. 
Indicators,  counters,  dynamometers,  gauges,  etc. 

.172  Records  and  results  of  engine  tests. 

Measurement  of  power. 

.173  Records  and  results  of  tests  on  miscellaneous  steam 
apparatus. 

.174  Theory  — Expansion,  superheating,  cylinder  condension, 
etc.;  efficiency;  engine  friction. 

.176  Special  steam  appliances. 

.1761  Condensers. 

.17611  Surface  condensers. 

.17612  Jet  condensers. 

.17613  Cooling  towers. 

.1762  Injectors  and  ejectors. 

.178  Accidents,  engine  failures,  fly  wheel  failures,  boiler  explo- 
sions. 

.179  Management  of  engines  and  boilers,  engine-room,  boiler- 
room,  etc. 

.18  Steam  Generation.  Boilers.  Furnaces. 

.181  Steam  boilers. 

.1811  Marine  steam  boilers.  Descriptions  and  designs  of  types. 
.1812  Locomotive,  traction  and  portable  boilers. 

.1813  Stationary  internally  fired. 

.1814  Stationary  externally  fired. 

.1815  Stationary  water  tube  and  sectional  boilers. 

.182  Boiler  fittings,  safety  valves,  water  guages,  cocks,  man- 
holes, etc. 

.183  Furnace  fittings. 

.184  Mechanical  stokers,  coal  and  ash  conveyers,  oil  feed  appa- 
ratus, burners,  forced  draft  apparatus,  etc. 

.185  Construction  of  boilers. 

.1851  Riveted  joints. 

.1852  Staying  of  boilers. 

.1853  Governing  proportions. 

.1854 


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.186  Steam  transmission  and  distribution. 

.1861  Theory  of  flow  of  steam,  condensation,  friction,  etc. 

.1862  Central  station  distribution. 

Steam  fittings,  piping,  valves,  coverings,  traps,  steam- 
loops,  pressure  regulators,  packings,  etc. 

.187  Boiler  economy. 

.1871  Feed  water  heaters,  purifiers,  economizers,  etc. 

.1872  Inspection  of  boilers. 

.1873  Incrustation  and  corrosion. 

.1874  Wear  and  tear  of  boilers. 


.19 

Steam  Heating.  (See  697.) 

M.E.  .2 

Water  Engines  or  Motors. 

.21 

.22 

.23 

.24 

.24 

.26 

.27 

.28 

.29 

Water  wheels. 

Overshot  and  breast  wheels. 

Undershot  wheels. 

Turbines. 

Water  pressure  engines. 

Hydraulic  presses. 

Hydraulic  ram. 

Mill  dam,  sluices,  etc. 

M.E.  .3 

Electrical  Engineering. 

.31 

.32 

.33 

.34 

Dynamo  machines. 

Electric  lighting. 

Electric  railways. 

Transmission  of  electric  force. 

.35 

.36 

.37 

.38 

.39 

Storage  of  electric  force. 

Application  to  driving  machine  tools. 

Application  to  driving  hoisting  machinery. 

M.E.  .4 

Air  and  Gas  Engines  and  Other  Motors. 

.41 

.42 

.43 

.44 

.45 

.46 

.47 

.48 

.49 

Caloric  engines. 

Compressed  air  engines. 

Ignited  gas  engines. 

Binar}7  vapor  engines. 

Wind  mills. 

Animal  motors — tread  mills. 

Solar  engines. 

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.5  Air  Compressors  and  Ice  Machines. 

.51  Dry  air  compressors. 

.511  Descriptions  of. 

.512  Designs  of. 

.52  Wet  air  compressors. 

.58  Compressed  air  transmission  and  distribution. 

.531  Descriptions  of  transmissions. 

.532  Details  of  transmission. — Piping,  mains,  gauges,  etc. 

Designs  of  transmissions. 

.533  Records  of  tests  on  air  compressors  and  transmissions. 

.534  Theory  of  air  compression  (thermodynamics  of).  Loss  of 
pressure  in  pipes,  etc.  Efficiency  of  compressors; 
reheating,  etc. 

.54  Refrigerating  machines. 

.541  Air  refrigerating  machine. 

.542  Ammonia  compression  machines. 

.543  Ammonia  absorption  machines. 

.544  Sulphur  dioxide  machines. 

.545  Theory  of  refrigeration. 

.5451  Properties  of  refrigerating  fluids:  H N O3,  S O2,  etc. 

.546  Tests  of  ice  making  and  refrigerating  machinery. 

.6  Blowing  and  Pumping  Engines. 

.61  Piston  blowers. 

.62  Rotary  blowers  (Fans.) 

.621  Description  of. 

.622  General  theory  and  designs  of. 

.623  Record  of  tests  of  fans  and  blowers. 

.63  Centrifugal  blowers. 

.631 

.632 

.633 

.64  Steam  pumps  and  pumping  engines. 

.641  Description  of. 

.642  General  theory  and  design. 

.643  Records  of  tests  of  pumps  and  pumping  engines. 

.65  Piston  pumps. 

.66  Rotary  pumps. 

.67  Centrifugal  pumps. 

.671  Description  of. 


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.672  Theory  and  design  of. 

.673  Records  of  tests  of. 

.68  Fire  engines. 

.69 


.7  Hills  and  Manufacturing  Works. 

,71 

.72 

.73 

.74 

.75 

.8  Mill  Work  and  Machinery  of  Transmission. 

.81  Principles  of  mechanism. 

.82  Journals,  shafting,  etc. 

.821  Journals. 

.822  Bearings. 

.823  Line  shafting. 

.824  Heavy  shafts,  such  as  engine  shafts. 

.83  Toothed  wheels. 

.831  Forms  of  teeth,  tooth  curves,  general  theory. 

.832  Design  of  gears. 

.8321  Spur. 

.8322  Bevel  and  skew  bevel. 

.8323  Worm  and  spiral. 

.833  Efficiency  of  gears.  Tests.  Friction  of  gears. 
.834  Construction — Cutting  and  casting  of  gears. 

.84  Yalve  motions  aud  gears. 

.85  Machinery  aud  mill  gearing. 

.86  Hoisting  and  conveying  machinery. 

.87  Cranes  and  elevators. 

.871  Rotary  jib  cranes. 

.872  Travelling  cranes. 

.873  Hydraulic  cranes. 

.9  Machine  Tools. 

.91  Planing  machines. 

.911  Metal  planers,  shapers,  and  slotters. 

.912  Wood  planing  machinery. 

.92  Grinding  and  filing. 

.921  Emery  wheels. 

.922  Cylinder  and  surface  grinding  machines. 
(Lapping  machines.) 


.93  Cutting  and  sawing. 

.931  Metal  sawing  and  cutting  machinery. 

.932  Wood  sawing  machinery. 

.94  Turning  and  milling. 

.941  Metal  turning  lathes. 

.9411  Descriptions  of. 

.9412  Designs  of. 

.9413 

.9414 

.9415 

.9416 

.942  Wood  turning  lathes. 

.943  Milling  machinery. 

.9431  Description  of. 

.9432  Milling  methods. 

.9433 

.95  Perforating  machinery.  Drills. 

.951  Drills. 

.952  Drilling  machinery. 

.953  Wood  boring  machinery. 

.954  Reamers. 

.955 

.96  Punching  and  shearing. 

.93  Bending,  straightening  and  shaping. 

.981  Bending  machinery.  (Rolls,  etc.) 

.982  Straightening  machinery. 

.983  Flanging  and  die  press  machinery. 

.99  Fastenings. — Bolts,  rivets,  screws. 

622  HINING  MACHINERY. 

623  niLITARY  AND  NAVAL  ENGINEERING. 

624  BRIDGES  AND  ROOFS. 

625  RAILROAD  AND  ROAD  ENGINEERING. 

626  CANAL  ENGINEERING. 

627  RIVER,  HARBOR,  AND  GENERAL  HYDRAULIC 

ENGINEERING. 


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SANITARY  ENGINEERING. 


